society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > hand over to police custody (2)
transitive. Australian. To return (a convict who is in service to a private individual) to official custody (more fully to turn in to government). Obs…
in charge (of) is used both actively and passively; e.g. to leave children in charge of a nurse, or a nurse in charge of the children. The latter…